Cigar-tip cutter.



A. H. MERRILL.

GIGAR TIP GUTTER.

APPLIOATIONHLBD Amma, 191s.

Paten-ted Apr. 14, 1914.

ARTHUR H. MERRILL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

crean-TIP CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 13, 1913.

1,093,004. Patented Apr. 14, 1914i.

Serial No. 784,476.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. MERRILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar tip cutters, the object of the invention being to provide a simple article of this character by which the tip of a cigar can be cleanly and readily severed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification I have shown in detail two of the several forms of embodiment of the invention, which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be fully set forth in thefollowing description. I do not restrict myself to this disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure l is a front elevation of a cigar tip cutter involv ing my invention and showing by dotted lines a strap. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, the sections thereof being separatedl Fig. 3 is a rear elevation with the parts in the relation they are shown as occupying in Fig. 2. Fig. 4L is a horizontal section on the line 4-4f of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. G is a view corresponding to Fig. 3 of a modified form of the article. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures, which it will e noted are on different scales.

First describing' Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the cigar tip cuttei therein illustrated comprises a body member and a cutter member, both of which may be of any external shape. Preferably each consists of sheet metal which may be of any kind. These two members are connected for relative sliding movement in a straight path, and although the means for accomplishing this may vary, a series of separated headed devices answers satisfactorily in this connection, said headed devices of whatever nature the same may be, being usually disposed in triangular order so as to prevent relative tipping of the two members. A body member such as answers my requirements is that denoted in a general way by 2, the cutter member beinO denoted by 3, and the two being fitted flatwise together for relative sliding movement which as intimated is preferably in a straight path, which, however, need not necessarily be at right angles to the longitiidi nal or depthwise axis of the device. As will be inferred the shape of thetwo parts 2 and 3 may vary decidedly. The part 2 is shown as being in the form of a shield and of similar contour, the areas of approximately equal, so that relatively advanced coincide.

the two being when they are their edges practically rIhe facing, front or body member 2 may be ornamented in practice, so that the article can be used as a watch fob or pendant, and for this purpose said body member may be furnished at its upper end with a projection 4 slotted as at 5 to receive the strap G. The body member 2 has an opening to receive the tip of b 7 notch, which is being beveled or a cutting edge, the

or edge of said aperture or practically of Ui-fornt, sharpened to produce function of which, as will be inferred, is to cut off the tip of a cigar projecting' through the hole or opening 7. The two parts 2 and 3 are connected for relative sliding movement, and for this purpose any desirable means may be provided, the headed members 9 answering very well indeed in this respect, and as shown consisting of hol low rivets or eyelets penetrating the body member 2, the Shanks of said rivets extend` ing through elongated slots l0 in the cutter or rear member 3 which said slots extend transversely of the cutter member and are in parallelism with each other, the slianks of the hollow rivets or eyelets comparatively closely fitting the three guide slots. be noted that two of said rivets 9 are located at opposite sides of the hole 7, while the third rivet extends through the intermediate elongated slot l0 of the cutter member 3. The heads of the three rivets 9 overlie the cutter member 3 to connect the two the cutter member 3 is represented as beingy iio A It will be assumed members y is effectually prevented. YVhile the rivets or headed studs 9 are shown as being separate from the part which carries them, whether it be the body or cutter member, this in all cases is not necessary,

In Fig. 3 the two sections or members of the device are shown as relatively retracted. that it is desired to cut off the tip of a cigar. In this event the cigar tip is passed through the opening or hole 7 from the front when the two parts 2- and '3 are relatively advanced or slid on each other to cause the cutting edOe 8 to sever the tip.

To facilitate the operation of the cutterl the member 3 thereof is shown equipped with a manipulatingportion such as the arcuate flange 11 extending along the edge thereof opposite to that having the aperture or notch S. This iange can be operated by the thumb or a finger to draw back the cutter member 3.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the body or facing member 12 in shape is like the body or facing member 2 having the cigar tip hole or opening 13 and the strap receiving slot 14. The cutter member 15, however, is somewhat different from the cutter member 3, consisting of a plate having only a single elongated slot 16 which receives the rivet 17 carried by the body member 1Q, the head of said rivet overlying the cutter member or plate 15 at opposite sides of said longitudinal slot .16. In addition to the rivet 17 there are two other rivets 18 on the body member 12, the heads of which overlie the plate 15 at or near the parallel straight edges thereof. The three rivets 17 and 18 are arranged in triangular order. The plate 15 also has the curved operating flange 19 and the aperture or recess 20, the wall or edge of which is beveled to form a cutting portion, the cutting member 15 operating precisely as the cutting member 3. In fact the only difference between the two forms of cutter is in the Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Vcutter member and in the further fact that the rivets in the second form are solid, whereas in the first they are hollow, and in the further fact that the second form of cutter has only one slot.

IVhat I claim is:

1. A cigar-tip cutter comprising a bodymember having a cigar-tip-receiving hole, a cutter-member fitted flatwise against the body-member, and a series of three headed rivets arranged in triangular order for connecting the body and the cutter members for relative sliding movement, two of said rivets being disposed at opposite sides of the hole and the cutter member having an elongated slot to receive the third rivet, the heads of the rivets overlying the cutter mem` ber to hold the same against the body-member and to also prevent tipping thereof, and the shanks of the rivets engaging and guiding the cutter-member in a straight path.

2. A cigar-tip cutter comprising a bodymember having a cigar-tip-receiving hole, a cutter-member fitted flatwise against the body-member, and a series of three headed rivets arranged in triangular order for connecting the body and the cutter members for relative sliding movement, two of said rivets being disposed at opposite sides of the hole, the cutter member having three elongated slots for receiving the three rivets, the heads f of the rivets overlying the cutter member to hold the same against the body member and to also prevent tipping thereof and the shanks of the rivets engaging the walls of the slots to guide the member in a straight path. y

In testimony in presence of whereof I affix my signature two witnesses. ARTHUR I-I. MERRILL.

IVitnesses z F. E. ANDERSON,

YHEATH SUTHERLAND.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

